Pakistan: Empirical Evidence from Primary Data Analysis

Education plays a pivotal role in human capital formation. Labor has core position in production. The targets of growth and development are attained through educated labor force. The main purpose of the study is to explore the impact of education on female labour force participation. Data is collected through field survey about various educational levels, closed relative educational status and other education related variables. District Bahawalpure is selected as study area, the under-developed district of the Punjab. The sample consists on One hundred and Sixty four Females. The analysis is made at two stage levels. First, we have presented the preliminary analysis of data. Secondary, an econometric analysis is made by using Logistic Regression model. The results of the preliminary analysis have indicated that there is positive trend between education and Female Labour Force participation. The coefficients of all the levels of education except basic education up to middle level are significant in the Logit Regression equation. The role of parents ’ education turns out to be insignificant while the spouse educational status has positive and significant impact on female labour force participation. Thus study concludes that educated female is successful in attaining employment, raising output and growth